Characterisation of a tripartite α-pore forming toxin from Serratia marcescens.


Journal

Scientific reports
ISSN: 2045-2322
Titre abrégé: Sci Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101563288

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
19 03 2021
Historique:
received: 02 10 2020
accepted: 03 03 2021
entrez: 20 3 2021
pubmed: 21 3 2021
medline: 21 3 2021
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Tripartite members of the ClyA family of α-PFTs have recently been identified in a number of pathogenic Gram-negative bacteria, including the human pathogen Serratia marcescens. Structures of a Gram-negative A component and a tripartite α-PFT complete pore are unknown and a mechanism for pore formation is still uncertain. Here we characterise the tripartite SmhABC toxin from S. marcescens and propose a mechanism of pore assembly. We present the structure of soluble SmhA, as well as the soluble and pore forms of SmhB. We show that the β-tongue soluble structure is well conserved in the family and propose two conserved latches between the head and tail domains that are broken on the soluble to pore conformational change. Using the structures of individual components, sequence analysis and docking predictions we illustrate how the A, B and C protomers would assemble on the membrane to produce a complete tripartite α-PFT pore.

Identifiants

pubmed: 33742033
doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-85726-0
pii: 10.1038/s41598-021-85726-0
pmc: PMC7979752
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

6447

Subventions

Organisme : Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
ID : BB/F016832/1
Pays : United Kingdom

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Auteurs

Alicia M Churchill-Angus (AM)

Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Firth Court, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, South Yorkshire, UK.

Thomas H B Schofield (THB)

Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Firth Court, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, South Yorkshire, UK.
Current address: Astbury Centre for Structural and Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.

Thomas R Marlow (TR)

Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Firth Court, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, South Yorkshire, UK.

Svetlana E Sedelnikova (SE)

Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Firth Court, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, South Yorkshire, UK.

Jason S Wilson (JS)

Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Firth Court, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, South Yorkshire, UK.

John B Rafferty (JB)

Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Firth Court, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, South Yorkshire, UK.

Patrick J Baker (PJ)

Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Firth Court, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, South Yorkshire, UK. p.baker@sheffield.ac.uk.

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